Fibromyalgia in 2009 Andrew Holman lecture


Event Details

Event:'Fibromyalgia in 2009: What It Is. What It Isn't. And What To Do About It', a lecture by Andrew J. Holman MD
Location: Guy's Hospital, London UK
Date: December 22nd 2008

Further Reading

In order of mention:

  1. Wolfe F, Smythe HA, Yunus MB, et al.: The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee. Arthritis Rheum 1990, 33:160-172.
  2. Gracely RH, Petzke F, Wolf JM, Clauw DJ. Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence of augmented pain processing in fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 May;46(5):1333-43.
  3. Moldofsky H, Scarisbrick P, England R, Smythe H. Musculosketal symptoms and non-REM sleep disturbance in patients with "fibrositis syndrome" and healthy subjects. Psychosom Med. 1975 Jul-Aug;37(4):341-51.
  4. Moldofsky H, Scarisbrick P. Induction of neurasthenic musculoskeletal pain syndrome by selective sleep stage deprivation. Psychosom Med. 1976 Jan-Feb;38(1):35-44.
  5. Older SA, Battafarano DF, Danning CL, Ward JA, Grady EP, Derman S, Russell IJ. The effects of delta wave sleep interruption on pain thresholds and fibromyalgia-like symptoms in healthy subjects; correlations with insulin-like growth factor I. J Rheumatol. 1998 Jun;25(6):1180-6.
  6. Lentz MJ, Landis CA, Rothermel J, Shaver JL. Effects of selective slow wave sleep disruption on musculoskeletal pain and fatigue in middle aged women. J Rheumatol. 1999 Jul;26(7):1586-92.
  7. Yunus MB, Aldag JC. Restless legs syndrome and leg cramps in fibromyalgia syndrome: a controlled study. BMJ. 1996 May 25;312(7042):1339.
  8. Martinez-Lavin M. Circadian Studies of Autonomic Nervous Balance in Patients with Fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum 1998;41(11):1966-71.
  9. Cohen H. Abnormal Sympathovagal Balance in Men with Fibromyalgia. J Rheum 2001;28:581-9.
  10. Raj SR. Dysautonomia Among Patients with Fibromyalgia: a Noninvasive Assessment. J Rheum 2000;27:2660-5.
  11. Gazit Y, Nahir AM, Grahame R, Jacob G. Dysautonomia in the joint hypermobility syndrome. Am J Med. 2003 Jul;115(1):33-40.
  12. Wood PB, Patterson JC 2nd, Sunderland JJ, Tainter KH, Glabus MF, Lilien DL. Reduced presynaptic dopamine activity in fibromyalgia syndrome demonstrated with positron emission tomography: a pilot study. J Pain. 2007 Jan;8(1):51-8. Epub 2006 Oct 4.
  13. Karlsson AK. Autonomic dysfunction in spinal cord injury: clinical presentation of symptoms and signs. Prog Brain Res. 2006;152:1-8.
  14. Staud R. Long-term outcome of fibromyalgia related to cervical spine injury is worse in women than in men. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2004 Aug;6(4):259-60.
  15. Heffez DS et al. Clinical evidence for cervical myelopathy due to Chiari malformation and spinal stenosis in a non-randomized group of patients with the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Eur Spine J. 2004;13(6):516-23.
  16. Holman AJ. Positional cervical spinal cord compression and fibromyalgia: a novel comorbidity with important diagnostic and treatment implications. J Pain. 2008 Jul;9(7):613-22. Epub 2008 May 22.
  17. Holman AJ. Pragmatic COnsiderations of Recent, Randomized, Placebo-COntrolled Clinical Trials for Treatment of Fibromyalgia. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2008 Dec;12(6):393-8.

Please note that any views expressed are the views of the speaker in question not necessarily FibroAction.